Coffee Thrice
It’s past time to make a dent in my backlog of coffee shop reviews. Here are two in South Minneapolis and one on West 7th Ave., St. Paul. Without at first intending it, I see … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Coffee
Two Openings
Here is a timely report from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar, visited about 2 weeks after its soft opening, and an extremely early look at Grand Central, observed mere hours after its debut. In June … ‣ more…
Avidly Awaiting
In the spring of 2016, we who live in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland neighborhood are waiting for all manner of things to open or re-open. Here’s a status update on a few of them. [Note added … ‣ more…
Deux Cafés
Today we profile two coffee shops over on the Minneapolis side of the river: Sparrow Cafe in Lynnhurst and Fireroast in Longfellow. These represent two of our favorites among the establishments we have visited so … ‣ more…
Three More
We continue our deeper look at coffee shops in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland, and some farther afield. Herewith reviews of Quixotic Coffee in Highland Park, Groundswell in Hamline Midway, and Sister Sludge in South Minneapolis. Quixotic … ‣ more…
Third Places
Here begins an occasional series of reviews of coffee shops around the Metro. In this first number: Coffee Bene and the J & S Bean Factory in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland, and Spyhouse in Northeast Minneapolis. … ‣ more…
Coffee Genesis
It occurred to me that I have been in most of the places where specialty coffee, as we know it in the US today, was introduced and took root. I have been a coffee afficianado … ‣ more…